Matthew Singer

Por um lado, a Disney é o império do mal do entretenimento: um monólito corporativo decidido a conquistar o mundo, engolindo todos os outros monólitos um pouco mais pequenos e qualquer propriedade intelectual valiosa que apareça pelo caminho. Por outro lado, quem é que não guarda uma única memória Disney no coração? A empresa é responsável por alguns dos melhores filmes de animação de todos os tempos – e por alguns live-action também. Pois é, as duas coisas podem ser simultaneamente verdade. Para efeitos desta lista, vamos focar-nos apenas no lado bom da Força. Naturalmente, há muito para considerar, e reduzir a lista apenas ao melhor do melhor é um desafio. Porque, para cada clássico Disney que nos faz sentir crianças outra vez, existem várias sequelas, remakes desnecessários e fracassos embaraçosos. Mas estas 50 escolhas – que vão desde a Era Dourada à Renascença dos anos 90 e aos tempos da Pixar – são simplesmente imortais. Recomendado: ✍ Os melhores desenhos animados para adultos👪 As melhores séries no Disney+🤣 As 100 melhores comédias da história do cinema  

Television is widely thought to have entered its golden age in the early 2000s, but the road there was paved by the previous decade. In many ways, the ’90s completely changed the idea of what the medium could accomplish. It’s where Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld reinvented the sitcom. It’s where David Lynch actually got a spot in primetime. And it’s where HBO set up the revolution of the coming millennium by introducing a crime drama for the ages.  If you weren’t around back then – or ‘didn’t even own a TV’, as Gen X liked to brag – it’s a good time to catch up. The ’90s are everywhere again, in fashion, music and all over streaming platforms. Here are 37 can’t-miss suggestions, along with where to find them. Recommended: 📺 The 101 best TV shows of all-time💻 The 40 best Netflix original series to binge🎮 The best 50 ‘90s movies🎶 The 50 best ‘90s songs

Love hurts. Love scars. Love can make you giddy with laughter or hot under the collar and tight in the pants. It can make you sing and dance or shoot to kill. However it’s expressed, love is perhaps the most elemental emotion a human being can feel. So it makes sense that filmmakers turn to it for inspiration more than any other. A great cinematic romance drills straight into the heart of the audience. Even if you’ve never, say, robbed a bank with your loved one, or stood by your sweetheart as they transformed into a hideous monster, the best romantic films make you understand and sympathise with the decisions of those under love’s spell. Because one way or another, we’ve all been there. Falling in love is easy, but choosing the greatest films about love is a puzzle. That’s why, to help us curate this list, we chatted to more than 100 filmmakers, actors and writers, including those from Time Out. Believe us when we say these are folks familiar with the language of amor. Who knows more about making hearts swell than Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook? Or Notting Hill screenwriter Richard Curtis? Shoot, we even asked the ultimate romantic, Miss Piggy. Whether you prefer comedies or dramas, horror or sci-fi, we’re sure you’ll find the following list of the 100 greatest romantic movies ever speaks to your own heart as well. Written by Cath Clarke, Dave Calhoun, Tom Huddleston, Catherine Bray, Trevor Johnston, Andy P Kryza, Guy Lodge, Phil de Semlyen, Alim Kheraj & Matthew Si

On March 25, 1925, at London’s Selfridges department store in central London, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird made the first public demo of his latest creation: a way to broadcast visual information from a camera to a screen. A full century later, Baird’s discovery has led to perhaps the most vital, creative and popular mode of artistic expression in the entire world. But it’s only in the past 25 years that television has really fulfilled its artistic potential.  The result has been the so-called ‘Golden Age of Television’, a boom kickstarted roughly around the turn of the century with the rise of shows like The Sopranos and later Breaking Bad, and continuing with awards-winners from Succession to Shōgun to Slow Horses. So while our list of the 100 greatest TV shows may pay tribute to the unmissable programs of yesteryear, you’ll find that the majority hail from our own century – meaning there’s no excuse not to watch every single one. Paring the list down to only 100 was a painful process, so we decided to omit sketch shows, talk shows, news and non-fiction in order to focus on scripted drama and classic comedy. Time to go goggle-eyed. Recommended: 🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025 (so far)🍎 The best shows to watch on Apple TV+ right now📺 The best Netflix original series to binge🎮 The best ‘90s TV shows

July 2025 update: The third and final season of Squid Game – the Korean version, at least – is a highly-placed new addition to our best of the year list, with season 4 of FX’s chef drama The Bear, and the third run of Paramount+’s Star Trek spinoff, Strange New Worlds, also slotting into Time Out’s top 20.We’ve all heard the phrase ‘TV’s golden age’ enough times over the past couple of decades to get wary of the hyperbole, but this year does seem to be shaping up to be a kind of mini golden age for the TV follow-up. Severance, Andor and The Last of Us all look like building on incredibly satisfying first runs with equally masterful second runs (even more masterful, in Severance’s case). The third season of The White Lotus has proved that, whether you love it or find it a touch too languorous, there’s no escaping Mike White’s transgressive privilege-in-paradise satire. Likewise for season 7 of Charlie Brooker’s dystopian-flavoured sci-fi Black Mirror. Watercooler viewing is everywhere at the moment,  and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Stranger Things is coming to an end, there’s a second run of Tim Burton’s Wednesday, and about a zillion other things still come. Here’s everything you need to see... so far.  RECOMMENDED: 🎥 The best movies of 2025 (so far)🔥 The 100 best movies ever made📺 The 100 greatest ever TV shows you need to binge

July 2025 update: Brad Pitt racing drama F1: The Movie, a gold-plated slab of Jerry Bruckheimer blockbuster entertainment, 28 Years Later and a nostalgic Jaws doc are the summer’s newest additions to our best-of-2025 pantheon. Halfway through 2025, Hollywood must be breathing a sigh of relief. At this point last year, the studios were scratching their heads at several major unexpected flops, and many analysts were left to wonder if the post-pandemic bounce-back of 2023 was simply an outlier. Now, with films like A Minecraft Movie, Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines and Lilo & Stitch outperforming expectations, it might be safe to say that the movies are finally, really, truly… back? Maybe we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves. But there are reasons for cinephiles to celebrate beyond the industry’s financial health, whether it’s the blockbuster success of the aforementioned Sinners, Ryan Coogler’s ambitious and wholly original horror epic, or several smaller-scale achievements, from the formal invention of Nickel Boys to the animated underdog (undercat?) story of Flow to a pair of home runs from Steven Soderbergh. And there’s plenty more to come. Here are the films that have had us cheering loudest in 2025 so far.  RECOMMENDED: 📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025 (so far)🔥 The best horror movies of 2025🎥 The 101 greatest films ever made

When curating lists of the best movies available on various streaming platforms, the task is often akin to pulling a Michelin-star meal from a mountain of rotten fruit. That is to say, digging through the endless scroll of crap to find the stuff worth watching. In the case of Prime Video, it’s more a matter of skimming the cream of the crop from an almost overwhelmingly fount of options. But when it comes to movie libraries, Jeff Bezos’s posse has Netflix absolutely beat. You’ll find everything from ’60s essentials to last year’s arthouse hits, ’80s blockbusters to cult classics.  But that, of course, brings its own problems: if you’re spending hours scrolling for something to watch, it’s probably because there are almost too many good things on offer. We’re here to help, though. Below, you’ll find our picks for the 30 best movies available for free for Prime subscribers in the UK right at this moment. Recommended: 🅽 The 30 best movies on Netflix UK🔥 21 best free movies to watch on YouTube😍 The 100 best romantic films of all time

Like college kids and middle-aged divorcees flocking to the nearest beach or rooftop pool to reveal their revenge bods, summer is the time for Hollywood to show off. The movie industry is going into its most important time of year with some positive momentum, thanks to A Minecraft Movie, Sinners and Thunderbolts* , and the likely successes of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning and Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch. And there’s reason to believe the money train will continue rolling, with James Gunn’s Superman rebooting the DC universe, Fantastic Four: First Steps looking to keep the Marvel revival moving and Jurassic World Rebirth bringing the dinosaur franchise back from extinction, with Scarlett Johannson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey in tow. Of course, nothing in this cinema landscape is guaranteed. Which films will actually hit big and which will have studio execs and industry watchers wringing their hands? We break it all down below with the movies we’re most excited about in summer 2025.RECOMMENDED: 🎥 The best movies of 2025 (so far)🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025

It costs a lot to be entertained these days. Just a few years ago ‘cord-cutting’ seemed like a life hack that’d save TV watchers a tonne of cash. Once the streaming revolution truly kicked in, though, the subscriptions piled up, and with recent price increases and crackdowns on password sharing – not to mention sheer overload of choice – it’s making some of us gaze at our old cable bills with wistful longing.   But what if we told you there was an easily accessible website out there with a trove of legitimately awesome movies available to stream 24/7, and entirely for free? It’s called YouTube. Yes, the site known primarily for instructional videos about how to install a new sink and use an air fryer is hiding an impressive library of classic cinema of the sort many other streamers don’t bother with – from silent era milestones to essential deep cuts. If you don’t mind sitting through a bunch of commercials, YouTube has a full channel of ad-supported modern films as well. But for true movie buffs looking to fill some knowledge gaps, check out the 35 flicks below – with links included. Recommended: 🎬 100 best movies of all time💣 The greatest thrillers ever made🤘 The best cult classic movies of all-time🌍 The 50 best foreign films of all-time

Streaming is hard. That seems like a misnomer, given that practically every movie you could ever want to watch is now a few clicks away. But that’s the issue: knowing precisely what’s out there, and where to find it, can become overwhelming. Here, we’re doing the hard work for you, by cutting through the clutter and getting straight to the best movies available to watch right now and in the near future – not just at home, but in theaters as well. We will update this guide regularly, so you can always find something to watch. Here’s the latest and greatest available right now. What to Watch Now In Cinemas and Theaters New on Netflix New on Hulu New on HBO and Max New on Peacock New on Paramount+ New on Disney+ New on Prime Video New on Apple TV+ Action Movies Streaming Now Comedy Movies Streaming Now Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies Streaming Now Horror Movies Streaming Now Date Night Movies Streaming Now Family Movies Streaming Now

June 2025 update: In this update, we've added one of the best blockbusters of the last decade, Top Gun: Maverick, the movie that finally brought audiences back to theaters post-pandemic and which firmly outclasses the 1986 original with some of the most thrilling flight sequences ever put on film.  Everyone loves a good action movie. Sure, film school snobs may turn up their noses, but even hardcore cineastes cannot live on indie dramas and experimental art flicks alone. No matter how cultured you are, there’s a part of your lizard brain that loves explosions and shootouts and badass one-liners – and it needs to be satisfied. And the only thing that will scratch the itch is watching something get blowed up real good.  The truth is, action is a deeply misunderstood genre. Action flicks needn’t be dumb or epic or even particularly loud to succeed. Some find beauty in violence. Others might dropkick you right in the heart. Heck, some even have character development. So light that fuse, clip that wire and batten down the hatches – these are the most pulse-pounding, heart-racing, edge of your seat action movies of all-time.  Written by Eddy Frankel, Eddy Frankel, Yu An Su, Joshua Rothkopf, Trevor Johnston, Ashley Clark, Grady Hendrix, Tom Huddleston, Keith Uhlich, Dave Calhoun, Phil de Semlyen, Dave Calhoun and Matthew Singer Recommended: 🔥 The 100 best movies of all-time💥 The 18 greatest stunts in cinema (as picked by the greatest stunt people)🥋 The 25 best martial arts movies

July 2025 update: In this update, we've added two recent Oscar winners for Best Documentary Feature: Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson's Summer of Soul, a stirring act of musical rediscovery covering the long-forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, and 2024's No Other Land, a remarkably powerful piece of activist filmmaking documenting one Palestinian village's fight against forced displacement by the Israeli military.     Everyone’s a documentarian these days, but the best documentary films go beyond simply filming real life and uploading it to the internet. They put real life into context. Sometimes, they reshape it and change our understanding of the world. They teach us about the people that surround us – and the truly successful documentaries make us rethink our ideas of ourselves.  It is true, though, that there are a lot of docs out there, whether streaming on Netflix or earning Oscar buzz. To make it easier for you to choose what to watch, we’ve sorted the must-sees from the glorified iPhone videos. From David Byrne in an oversized suit to Andy Warhol staring at the Empire State Building for eight hours, here are our picks for the best documentaries ever made. Written by Joshua Rothkopf, Cath Clarke, Tom Huddleston, David Fear, Dave Calhoun, Phil de Semlyen, Andy Kryza, David Ehrlich, Matthew Singer and Ava Scott-Nadal Recommended: ✅ The 20 best movies based on true stories🎸 The 19 best musical documentaries to rock out to🔎 The best true crime documentaries on Netflix🔥 T

What are you doing a year from now? If you’re a cinephile, you probably already have the opening date of Christopher Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey, circled on the calendar. Now, you can set it in stone. As first reported by Variety, starting Thursday, July 17, 2025, Nolan super fans – and, we supposed, hardcore Homer-heads – can purchase tickets to see the movie in IMAX 70mm theaters in the US and UK, exactly one year before the film is released in cinemas. Rumors began swirling earlier in the week as Reddit users noticed showtimes for the movie already listed at theaters in Arizona and Dallas. The recently reopened AMC Lincoln Square in New York has a 2pm showtime listed as ‘available soon’, while the fan community IMAX Vanguard suggests tickets will soon go on sale for a screening at the BFI in London.   While studios will often make deals with IMAX theaters far in advance, to have those plans made public a year in advance is unprecedented. The catch here is that only about 30 theaters in the world are equipped with IMAX projectors. But that didn’t stop enthusiasts from travelling great distances to see Nolan’s previous movie, 2023’s Oppenheimer, in the format: IMAX screenings accounted for 20 percent of the Best Picture winner’s $975 million worldwide gross. Nolan is one of the format’s truest believers, having shot parts of nearly every film he’s made since The Dark Knight using IMAX cameras, while The Odyssey will be the first shot entirely on such cameras. The Odyssey i

The streaming era has made untold thousands of movies available at our fingertips. The problem? The vast majority of those movies were made in only the last two decades or so. If you’re a burgeoning cinephile looking to continue your film education, finding films from earlier than the Clinton administration is more difficult than it should be. But it’s not impossible: you just need to know where to look. A good place to start? YouTube. The site best known for cat videos, conspiracy theories and DIY home repair tutorials is a semi-secret repository for movies unavailable on other platforms. Many classics of the cult, arthouse and international variety are out there to stream, completely for free. Of course, the drawbacks are dodgy transfers and possible copyright violations. But if you want to watch one of the greatest anti-war films of all-time, well, it’s there, it’s in 1080p, and it’s legal. Be forewarned, though: 1985’s Come and See will leave you absolutely shell-shocked. Set in Nazi-occupied Belarus, the final film by Soviet director Elem Klimov follows a young soldier named Florya as he witnesses horrors beyond his comprehension. Time Out – which has not only named the movie one of the best war movies of all-time but one of the greatest overall – put it this way: ‘As unsparing as cinema gets, the influence of Elem Klimov’s sui generis war movie transcends the genre in a way that not even Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan can match. At its heart it’s a coming-of

What’s the biggest movie of 2025 so far? It’s not Sinners, Jurassic World Rebirth, Lilo & Stitch or A Minecraft Movie. In fact, American audiences probably haven’t even heard of it.  It’s called Ne Zha 2, a Chinese animated film that is dominating the global box office almost entirely from within its home country. Released in January, it has made over $2 billion, overtaking 2024’s Inside Out 2 for the highest grossing animation of all-time.  And now, it’s coming to North America. A24 will collaborate with China’s state-sponsored CMC Pictures to bring Ne Zha 2 to theaters in the United States and Canada, as well as Australia and New Zealand, on Aug. 22. The English-language dub will feature Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh in the voice cast. A sequel to 2019’s Ne Zha, the film, by director Yang Yu, aka Jiaozi, is based on the 16th century novel Investiture of the Gods. It follows the title character, a demigod with a rebellious nature, as he learns to wield his incredible powers and protect humanity from forces of evil. In a statement, Yeoh said she is ‘honored to be part of Ne Zha 2, a landmark in Chinese animation and a powerful reminder of how universal our stories can be.’ The rest of the English voice cast has not yet been announced. ❗ Ne Zha 2: the game-changing story behind the biggest movie you’ve never heard of. ❗100 best animated movies of all time to add to your watch list.

Juillet sonne le grand retour des têtes familières sur Netflix. Charlize Theron rouvre le bal dans The Old Guard 2, où elle renfile le costume d’immortelle badass pour défendre une humanité en péril. Un come-back musclé qui ouvre un mois placé sous le signe des suites très attendues. À la fin du mois, c’est Adam Sandler qui ressuscite l’un de ses rôles les plus cultes : le golfeur déjanté d’Happy Gilmore revient plus de vingt ans après, dans une suite qui promet autant de swings que de gags bien gras. Entre ces deux poids lourds, Netflix déroule un programme dense : l’ultime saison de la série de fantasy gothique The Sandman, une nouvelle sitcom signée Chuck Lorre (The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men), et le retour très remarqué de Lena Dunham, qui cosigne sa première série depuis Girls – une comédie romantique irrévérencieuse à souhait. Voici les 10 sorties Netflix à ne pas manquer en juillet The Old Guard 2 Charlize Theron recolore ses cheveux et renfile son costume de super-héroïne d’action dans la suite de l’adaptation de bande dessinée de 2020, qui avait rencontré un succès aussi inattendu que retentissant. On y retrouvait une bande de mercenaires immortels, et cette fois, Uma Thurman incarne la grande méchante – armée d’un sabre, comme au bon vieux temps. Disponible à partir du 2 juillet The Sandman – Saison 2 La série de fantasy sombre, inspirée de la bande dessinée de Neil Gaiman, touche à sa fin de manière un peu abrupte. (Les showrunners assurent que c’

Patriotism is a tough sell for America right now, but in the same way you don’t have to believe in immaculate conceptions to celebrate Christmas, you mustn’t be a coal-rolling flag-hugger to embrace the things the Fourth of July truly represents: that is, beers, barbecue, baseball and, of course, blowing stuff up. And when the sun goes down and your stash of M-80s has run out, it’s time to collapse on the couch with a light domestic lager and end the day with a movie.  The question is, what qualifies as an ideal Fourth of July movie? Does it need to be expressly patriotic? Must it actually take place on the holiday in question? Can it express more complicated feelings about this place 329 million of us call home? In truth, all apply. To give you a better idea of what to watch this Independence Day, here are the best picks to throw on this July 4. Photograph: 20th Century FoxBill Pullman as President Thomas Whitmore in Independence Day Independence Day (1996) Director: Roland Emmerich Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum Technically, it’s about mankind declaring its independence from the aliens that have come to subjugate us, but it’s the Americans that lead the way. Bill Pullman gives a more inspirational speech than basically any real president has managed since. And if Will Smith punching an alien right in its ugly mug doesn’t make your heart swell with pride, go ahead and deport yourself to Mars now.  "Jaws" Jaws (1975) Director: Steven Spie

Comedy fans, turn your excitement to 11 and drummers prepare for spontaneous combustion: This Is Spinal Tap is coming back to theaters. The 1984 mockumentary, directed by Rob Reiner and starring Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer as the eponymous fictional hard-rock band, is being re-released this weekend in a 4K restoration in celebration of the movie’s 41st anniversary. It’s also a precursor to the long-awaited sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues. A send-up of 1980s rock ’n’ roll excess, This Is Spinal Tap was a modest success upon release but has since become one of the most celebrated comedy movies of all-time. It currently sits atop Time Out’s list of the greatest comedy films ever made, and comes in at No. 78 on our ranking of the 100 best movies ever. ‘Sporting arguably the most quotable script in movie history,’ we wrote, ‘and some of the meatiest metal melodies this side of Bon Scott-era AC/DC, this is simply a perfect film: from the first chord of Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight to the very final line (“I dunno, what are the hours?”), there's literally nothing about it that could be improved.’ The restored and remastered version plays in theaters across America for a brief run, July 5-7. As for the sequel, Reiner, along with all the main cast members, are returning to chart the run-up to the band’s farewell concert, which we’re sure will go off without a hitch. Announced cameos include Elton John, Paul McCartney and Garth Brooks. It’s

In cinephile circles, A24 has become a symbol of quality for a certain kind of movie: edgy, thought-provoking, stylistically bold, yet still broadly accessible. Think Ex Machina, Hereditary, Moonlight and Everything Everywhere All At Once. The studio and film distributor has grown ubiquitous enough to attract some mockery from some corners of the movie world, but it’s hard to argue with the success rate. Its run has continued with more recent critical and commercial hits like The Brutalist, Materialists and Friendship. Now, one of the most acclaimed A24 films of the last few months is hitting streaming – and it might be one you haven’t even heard of. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl, by director Rungano Nyoni, is a surreal dark comedy set in the filmmaker’s home country of Zambia. One night, a woman named Shula (Susan Chardy) comes across a dead body on the side of the road: her uncle’s. As funeral preparations commence, the narrative flashes back and forth, revealing the dark secrets of Shula’s middle-class family. The film – Nyoni’s second, after 2017’s I Am Not a Witch – currently holds a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score and an 87 rating on Metacritic. Time Out’s own review describes the movie as ‘thought-provoking’ and ‘visually arresting’. It’s available to stream on HBO Max starting this Friday, July 4. Two more widely seen, if less lauded, A24 releases are also premiering on HBO Max this month.  Opus, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, arrives July 11. The thriller f

This year, celebrate Independence Day with burgers, fireworks and Irish step-dancing vampires. Sinners, director Ryan Coogler’s ambitious, blues-infused horror period piece, is coming to streaming over the upcoming holiday weekend, dropping on HBO Max on Friday, July 4.  Starring Michael B Jordan in a dual role as twins in the 1930s Mississippi Delta doing battle with a crew of bloodsuckers, the film is one of the biggest hits of 2025, earning over $360 million at the box office. In a review, Time Out described the movie as ‘audacious enough to leave you simultaneously awed and overwhelmed.’ It’s currently sitting at No. 4 on our list of the best films of the year. Time Out also recently added the film to its list of the 100 greatest horror movies ever made. The movie proved popular enough after its initial April release that it returned to 70mm IMAX theaters in mid-May – which is, frankly, the best way to experience the full scope of Coogler’s vision. But if you haven’t seen it, or want to watch it again, a good TV will do. Just make sure to crank the volume, especially for that incredible, hallucinatory music sequence in the middle.

It’s July, and all your old friends are back on Netflix. It’s truly a month of returns, starting with Charlize Theron’s face-breaking guardian of the world in The Old Guard 2. Speaking of face-breaking, Adam Sandler’s yelling, punching, hard-swinging golf pro is also back at the end of the month in Happy Gilmore 2, the sequel to maybe his most beloved juvenile ’90s comedy. In between, there’s the second and final season of the gothic fantasy series The Sandman, a new sitcom from Big Bang Theory creator Chuck Lorre, and a raunchy romcom from Lena Dunham, returning to television with her first co-created series since the era-defining Girls. Here are the 10 titles we’re most excited about coming to Netflix in July, followed by a list of everything hitting the streamer this month. Recommended: 💻 The best Netflix original series to binge📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025 (so far) The Old Guard 2 Charlize Theron re-dyes her hair and returns to action-hero mode in the sequel to the surprisingly successful 2020 comic-book adaptation about a gang of immortal mercenaries. This time out, Uma Thurman is the big bad – and she’s wielding a sword once again.  Premieres Jul 2 The Sandman season 2 The dark fantasy series inspired by the Neil Gaiman comic comes to a somewhat abrupt end. (The showrunners insist that was always the plan and not hastened by the recent sexual assault allegations against its creator.) The final season will drop in two chunks, both arriving this month.  

Gentlemen, rev your Aston Martins and start shaking those martinis, because a new James Bond is on the horizon. Menthol smoke has not yet started billowing out of MGM Studios – the traditional indication that the next 007 has been chosen – with Daniel Craig’s likely replacement still a mystery. What does this mean for the future of the iconic British spy series and its upcoming 26th instalment? Information is limited, but here’s what we know so far.  What does Amazon MGM Studios’ takeover mean for the next James Bond? After months of rumour and speculation, James Bond finally got a new boss in February 2025. Not M, but Amazon MGM Studios who sealed a deal with 007’s producers, Eon’s Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, to take creative control of the franchise.  Broccoli and Wilson will remain co-owners of James Bond but crucially, will step back from controlling the future direction or execution of the franchise. ‘With the conclusion of No Time to Die and Michael retiring from the films, I feel it is time to focus on my other projects,’ Broccoli said in a statement.So what does it all mean for 007? We’re probably a step closer to a release date for Bond 26 and the announcement of a new James Bond to star in it. Maybe a radical change of direction for the whole franchise, too, with immediate speculation that Amazon will look to spin their expensive new IP into the kind of shared universe storytelling that Disney pursued with Lucasfilm and Star Wars after its takeover. Is a

Once disregarded as low-grade schlock, horror has become one of Hollywood’s most bankable genres, as well as one of its most artistically fruitful. Even so, all-time classics remain hard to come by. On Time Out’s list of the 100 greatest horror movies ever made, only a select handful from the past decade have managed to claw their way in – emphasis on ‘claw’. Now, however, there’s a brand-new entry, and it’s only a few months old. But Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is simply undeniable. The Creed and Black Panther director has enough hits under his belt to prove himself as, arguably, the greatest blockbuster filmmaker of his generation. But breaking the box office with established IP is one thing. Doing so with a wholly original story is another, much less an original vampire blues musical period piece.   A visually stunning, thematically rich tale of two twin criminals (both played by Michael B Jordan) having their plans to go straight interrupted by undead bloodsuckers, the film has earned comparisons to the likes of 1996’s From Dusk Till Dawn, but in truth it’s a large-scale, big-idea epic unlike any other recent blockbuster. A sensation upon release, it’s proof there’s still money in original stories, and we’re betting it’s a movie audiences will talk about for years.    Sinners becomes the most recent addition to the Time Out horror canon since Coralie Fargeat’s 2024 body horror The Substance.  Head here to see where Sinners ranks among our other scariest movies of all-time. R

Parents, get the tarps, because it’s about to start raining popcorn all over your living room floor. A Minecraft Movie, the big-screen adaptation of the crazy-popular block-stacking video game, is streaming on HBO Max starting Friday, June 20. When the film hit theaters back in April, it flummoxed many observers by becoming the first true box-office sensation of 2025. It’s the highest-grossing US domestic release of the year, earning $423.8 million in the US and $953.5 million globally, good for second-place worldwide, behind China’s Ne Zha 2.  Not only that, the now-famous ‘Chicken Jockey’ scene sparked a TikTok trend, while the Jack Black-sung jingle ‘Steve’s Lava Chicken’ became the shortest song to ever chart in the Billboard Hot 100, clocking in at 34 seconds long. So what the heck is A Minecraft Movie about? Well, it stars Jason Momoa as a former video game champion, who, along with some kids from their tiny Idaho town, travel into the colourful world of the game and find themselves at war with an army of porcine Piglins – with an assist from a guy named Steve (Black), who’s been trapped in the cube-shaped world for years. Maybe that sounds headache-inducing for adults, but it’s really pretty fun. TimeOut put it this way: ‘[A]t heart what [director Jared Hess] has crafted is a goofy and genuinely quite loveable homage to the ‘80s ‘quest’ movie. Think Willow, think Labyrinth, think The NeverEnding Story, think Legend.’ In any case, it doesn’t really matter what you t